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This is books that have older protagonists. Remember, there isn‘t a single Litten old enough to qualify as “older” 😉🤫🤗.

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Have you read any of these?!

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Scochrane26 I‘ve read several of these. My favorite is Prodigal Summer. 5y

revenge4porgy Definitely not me! I haven‘t read any of these! 😎 5y

ljuliel Major Pettigrew , the Vicarage one , News of the World ..Remains of the Day. (edited) 5y

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ljuliel Nobody‘s Fool , Hendrik Groen , The Summons. The Things About Elsie .. Harold Fry. (edited) 5y

Andrew65 I‘ve read five of these and would also add the partner book to Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce, such great books!

The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy: A Novel

rwmg 6 5y

mollyrotondo I‘ve only read 2 😬 Old man and the sea and The 100 year old man. Loved 100 year old man. Cannot say the same for Old man and the sea. Not a Hemingway fan 5y

MemoirsForMe Only 2: Ove and Old Man. But more are on my TBR. 5y

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New book list 😊! Been awhile. This is books that have older protagonists. There isn‘t a single Litten old enough to qualify as “older” 😉🤫🤗.

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Have you read any of these?!

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MaggieCarr I really enjoyed Arthur Pepper, The Lido & Ove. 5y

Scochrane26 I haven‘t read any on this list, but I did love the Lonesome Dove series when I was little. 5y

RenePenn A Man Called Ove 5y

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ju.ca.no I‘ve read Don Quijote and I have the Housekeeper and the Professor on my TBR pile at home :) Don Quijote was somewhat tidious though, but Inwas quite young when I read it, maybe that‘s why I didn‘t enjoy it that much 5y

ljuliel Fried Green Tomatoes........ , Lonesome Dove , Major Pettigrew....... 👵🏼 👵🏼 👵🏼 5y

Andrew65 Only Ove on this one, but read 4 others on the other part of the list. 5y

rwmg Elizabeth is Missing and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand 5y

ATB Last sentence in post... good save! 😀 5y

MemoirsForMe Fried Green Tomatoes and The Holy Man. Loved them both! 🙌🏻 5y

MaleficentBookDragon What about my favorite book

Britt-Marie Was Here

AmyG Angle of Repose is one of my most favorite books. 5y

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The second-half of my #TearJerker introductory list for the #ReadWithMrBook February prompt! 😊

Have you read any of these and concur? Any L-Z suggestions you would add?

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BarbaraTheBibliophage I never cry when I read, but this one had me bawling.

The Nightingale

Nikki_E Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

Crazeedi Read 3! 5y

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Scochrane26 Several of these. Definitely When Breath Becomes Air, The Kite Runner, The Song of Achilles, Me Before You. I‘ve read some others on the list. (edited) 5y

TheSpineView Just 3. 5y

rwmg 7 5y

Butterfinger I teach fifth so I read a lot of children's lit. Christopher Paul Curtis -

The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963

Butterfinger Another one.

Elijah of Buxton

Butterfinger A refugee story

The Breadwinner

RenePenn I‘ve read 9 of those.

One Summer

j9brown Where the Red Fern Grows was the first book I can remember making me actually cry as I read it. I think it would still get me if I picked it up again! 5y

Andrew65 Read 5 of these. 5y

cherinium I've read 8 of those for sure and there's one I'm not sure about. I do agree that those are all capable of bringing tears. This one will choke you up for sure if you have a heart for elephants and their plight. I almost couldn't finish the book, because I was crying so hard.

The White Bone: A Novel

EadieB I‘ve read 15 of them! 5y

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With #ReadWithMrBook‘s February prompt being #TearJerker, I thought I‘d re-share my introductory book list of year-jerkers! 😊

The first-half of my list! 😊

Have you read any of these and concur? Any A-L suggestions you would add?

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Beatlefan129 When I read this one I sobbed like a baby:

The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel

ravenlee I never thought about Crime and Punishment being a tearjerker. 5y

Scochrane26 The art of racing in the rain—cried in my car to the audiobook 5y

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Butterfinger Why is Anne considered a tearjerker? Or are the three asterisks for the series? I know the last one in the series (Rilla of Ingleside) was pitiful? 5y

Butterfinger I definitely cried with the Book Thief and Anne Frank's Diary? I need to clarify. I didn't understand why Anne of Green Gables was sad? 5y

TheSpineView 4 on this list. 5y

rwmg 5 5y

BookNAround @Butterfinger When Matthew dies, I bawled like a baby. 5y

BookNAround My spoiler above is for Anne of Green Gables. 5y

Butterfinger I had forgotten @BookNAround thank you. This may have to be my choice. Apparently, it has been too long. 5y

LiteraryinPA What do the asterisks mean? 5y

MrBook @LiteraryinLititz , great question! It signifies that the book is an installment in a series. I usually try to pick the first book in the series, but sometimes based on the theme I‘ll pick one that falls somewhere else. I have to rely on many others for this one since I haven‘t read it (yet 😉), but the Harry Potter example is a very popular criteria choice for this particular list. (edited) 5y

MrBook @Butterfinger , I haven‘t read Anne since I was a kid, but the entire series came up regularly as such. Perhaps it‘s her situation, and perhaps later installments made readers more sad? 5y

Butterfinger @MrBook I had forgotten. This is definitely my choice. I am going to reread it. I feel like an idiot. 5y

MrBook @Butterfinger , idiot thou art not nor hath been nor shall be. 🤗 5y

Hooked_on_books I don‘t think Anna Karenina is a tear-jerker. For me, if there‘s a dog, and the dog dies, I cry. Where the Red Fern Grows was probably the first one that did that to me. Seventh grade, I believe. 5y

GatheringBooks should definitely be in there

A Little Life

Andrew65 Read 4 of these. 5y

cherinium I've read 6 of these. It's funny,I never realized I was such a reader of sad books... 😭 5y

EadieB I‘ve read 11 of these! 5y

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The #ReesesBookClub selections 2/2.

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ljuliel Little Fires Everywhere. , Eleanor Oliphant. 5y

Mdargusch A few. I tend to like the books she chooses. 5y

Lynnsoprano The Alice Network is excellent. Of course, how could I not pick that up?😂 5y

rwmg The Alice Network 5y

Gissy I only read Eleonor Oliphant is Completely fine but there are many books in my physical tbr in that list waiting to be read😳 5y

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New book list! All of the #ReesesBookClub selections, 1/2.

Have you read any of these?!

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ljuliel The Cactus. 5y

Qpri From Scratch (a bit too high on romance/emotion for me) and Daisy Jones & The Six (pretty awesome! fictional version of Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain). 5y

Gissy I read One Day in December 5y

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Close-up 4/4 of my #FamilySaga list. Have you read any of these?!

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rwmg Sarum and Things Fall Apart. I've read the Bronte version of Wuthering Heights but not Hardy's. I've never liked him. 5y

RamsFan1963 The Sword of Shannara 5y

Lcsmcat @rwmg I don‘t think Hardy wrote a version of Wuthering Heights. I like his writing and have read a lot of his work. 5y

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mcctrish Ooo making a list of a list ❤️ 5y

Chab256 I've read TKAMB, Wuthering Heights, We Were the Mulvaneys, Z...The Thornbirds is on the TBR... 5y

needleminding Sing, Unburied, Sing & TKAMB 🖤 5y

ljuliel Thorn Birds, TKAM , We were the Mulvaneys. . (edited) 5y

EadieB I‘ve read: Things Fall Apart, The Thorn Birds, To Kill A Mockingbird, White Teeth, Wuthering Heights. 5y

Auntynanny Sarum, Things Fall Apart, and To Kill a Mockingbird 5y

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Close-up 3/4 of my #FamilySaga list. Have you read any of these?!

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rwmg Joy Luck, LOTR, and My Family & Other Animals 5y

RamsFan1963 Lord of the Rings, of course 5y

Chab256 I didn't like the Nest, but Lonesome Dove is on the TBR 5y

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needleminding Kindred 🖤 I guess I need to get on family sagas. Haha 5y

Panic70 The Joy Luck Club. ❤️ 5y

ljuliel Lonesome Dove , Roots 5y

EadieB Joy Luck Club, Kristen Lavransdatter, Middlesex, The Namesake, 100 years of Solitude. 5y

Auntynanny The Joy Luck Club, Kindred, and 100 Years of Solitude 5y

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Close-up 2/4 of my #FamilySaga list. Have you read any of these?!

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rwmg 5 from this part 5y

RamsFan1963 Dune and A Game of Thrones 5y

Chab256 Loved Gone With the Wind and East of Eden 5y

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rubyslippersreads ❤️ GWTW and The Forsyte Saga. 5y

ljuliel House of the Sprits, The Good Earth , Gone With the Wind , Family Matters, Fair and Tender Ladies, Empire Falls, East of Eden. (edited) 5y

EadieB East of Eden, Empire Falls, Fall of Giants, The Godfather, TheGoldfinch, Gone With The Wind, The Good Earth, The House of Spirits, 5y

Gissy House of Spirits 5y

Auntynanny East of Eden, Fall of Giants, Game of Thrones, The Godfather, Homegoing, and I, Claudius 5y

Auntynanny Also Gone With the Wind 5y

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New book list 😊! This has books that focus on the multi-generational story of a family or connected families. As always, it‘s only introductory, the three asterisks signify it‘s part of a series, and the list is focused on what‘s available to patrons from my library‘s shelves.

Close-up 1/4 of my #FamilySaga list. Have you read any of these?!

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rwmg Brideshead, Jalna, and Commonwealth 5y

RamsFan1963 The Bastard. Not my usual reading material, belongs to my mother, I read it one summer when i was in a reading slump. 5y

rubyslippersreads ❤️❤️❤️ the Jalna series. 5y

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ljuliel The Bastard , plus the other 7 books in that series. Back about 38 years ago if my math is correct. I remember which house we lived in. 5y

EadieB An American Marriage, And The Mountains Echoed, The Corrections. 5y

Auntynanny Just The Covenant for this one 5y

amber_ldsmom I‘ve only read six of the entire list. 😕 5y

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